The Remuneration of Church Ministers in England: Examining Principles and Practice
This essay discusses biblical, historic and business principles on the issue of the remuneration of church ministers in England. The biblical principles for remuneration analysed are the need for church leaders to exhibit little concern for their own remuneration, sacrificial generosity, godly conte...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam University Press
2020
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European journal of theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-74 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBF British Isles KDE Anglican Church KDG Free church RB Church office; congregation |
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| Summary: | This essay discusses biblical, historic and business principles on the issue of the remuneration of church ministers in England. The biblical principles for remuneration analysed are the need for church leaders to exhibit little concern for their own remuneration, sacrificial generosity, godly contentment and the need for congregations to remunerate church leaders with contextual generosity. Three historic examples illustrate the failure of the churches to put these biblical principles in practice during the last three centuries. The modern business practice of recognising intrinsic church leader benefits is affirmed, but the danger and the counter-productive nature of using remuneration to hire outstanding leaders is highlighted. Current rigid denominational remuneration structures are shown to express a lack of contextual generosity and the more informal remuneration structures are shown to display exaggerated disparities between contexts. The article ends with some recommendations. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2666-9730 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5117/EJT2020.1.007.FRAS |